Hol Up

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xantoxis@lemmy.one · 41 pts · 3y (7 replies)

I don't get this one, what's the hol up

ClickToDisplay@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 3y (6 replies)

Saying “she had potential” is usually used in this context, he realized his mistake after the fact.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=She%20got%20potential

Although usually referring to underage girls, in this case people were roasting him in the comments because of the usual use case.

Jamie@jamie.moe · 43 pts · 3y (3 replies)

I hate that people consider that to be the usual use case when referring to a deceased person. I'd say that says more about the people roasting than the poster.

Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Yeah, was about to say... This was an innocent saying until people ruined it.

UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y

To me it's still innocent. If people feel the need to sexualized everything and come up with new meanings for established expressions, I'm not gonna make that my problem.

unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 0 pts · 3y

U misunderstood. Hes saying its usually used in the context of the linked urban dictionary article.

DharkStare@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 3y

Huh. I've never heard that phrase used in that context before.

xantoxis@lemmy.one · 3 pts · 3y

makes sense, thanks!

usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Was she electrocuted?

psud@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

No, scuttlebutt is she drowned after falling off a pier

_errer@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y

Oh, so she had potential, as in potential energy, before falling off the cliff.

TIEPilot@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org · -4 pts · 3y